This site is for announcements for The International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS) at The World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP). See http://www.world-academy-of-science.org for the WORLDCOMP Web site.

You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration.
All accepted papers will be published in printed conference books/proceedings
(ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed
in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each
paper. Like prior years, extended versions of selected papers (about 35%) will
appear in journals and edited research books (publishers

include: Springer, Elsevier, BMC, and others). See the
following links for a small subset of the publications based on this Congress:

In addition to the above, we have arranged two new book
series; one with Elsevier publishers (Transactions on Computer Science and
Applied Computing) and another with Springer publishers (Transactions of
Computational Science and Computational Intelligence). After the conference, a
significant number of authors of accepted papers of our congress, will be given
the opportunity to submit the extended version of their papers for publication
consideration in these books. The web sites for the two book series will be
made available after the logistics are finalized between our committee and the
publishers (both book series projects have been approved.) We anticipate having
between

10 to 20 books a year in each of these book series
projects. Each book in each series will be subject to Elsevier and Springer
science indexing products (which includes: Scopus, Ei village, SCI, ...).

The Congress is composed of a number of tracks
(joint-conferences, tutorials, sessions, workshops, poster and panel
discussions); all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July
22-25, 2013. For the complete list of joint conferences, see below.

IMPORTANT DATES:

April 6, 2013:Submission of full/regular papers (about 7 pages)

April 27, 2013:Notification of acceptance (+/- two days)*

May 14, 2013:Final papers + Copyright + Registration

July 22-25, 2013:The 2013 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer

Engineering, and Applied Computing

(including all its affiliated joint-conferences).

*Authors who submitted their papers early (between
January 19th throughMarch 19th), will
receive their papers' status report (notification)by April 18, 2013.

CO-SPONSORS:

Currently being prepared - The Academic Sponsors of the
last offering of the congress (2012) included research labs and centers
affiliated with:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by
uploading them to the evaluation web site at:http://world-comp.org . Submissions must be uploaded by April 6, 2013
and must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all
figures, tables, and references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All
reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted
papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their
final papers for

publication.) Papers must not have been previously
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of
the paper should

include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal
address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify
the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would
best represent the content of the paper. The name of the conference that the
paper is being submitted for consideration must also be stated on the first
page of the paper as well as a 100 to 150-word abstract. The length of the
final/Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEE
style) pages.

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the
field for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases
of contradictory recommendations, a member of the conference program committee
would be charged to make the final decision (accept/reject); often, this would
involve seeking help from additional referees. Papers whose authors include a
member of the conference program committee will be evaluated using the
double-blinded review process. (Papers deemed to be philosophical, essay type,
or about controversial topics/applications will not be refereed but may be
considered for discussion/panels/presentation).

The proceedings will be published in printed conference
books (ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be
indexed in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for
each published paper. Science citation databases include: Inspec / IET / The
Institute for Engineering & Technology; The French National Center for
Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (accessable from INIST,
Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, & STN International);
and others. Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be
included in SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings; in the past, the proceedings
were included in these databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the
proceedings for indexing procedures to SCI EI Compendex/ Elsevier. The printed
proceedings/books will be available for distribution on site at the conference.

In addition to the above, we have arranged two new book
series; one with Elsevier publishers (Transactions on Computer Science and
Applied Computing) and another with Springer publishers (Transactions of
Computational Science and Computational Intelligence). After the conference, a
significant number of authors of accepted papers of our congress, will be given
the opportunity to submit the extended version of their papers for publication
consideration in these books. We anticipate having between 10 to 20 books a
year in each of these book series projects. Each book in each series will be
subject to Elsevier and Springer science indexing products (which includes:
Scopus, Ei village, SCI, ...).

SUBMISSION OF POSTER PAPERS:

Poster papers can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow
the same instructions that appear above (see, SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS)
except for the submission is limited to 2 pages. On the first page, the author
should state that "This paper is being submitted as a poster". Poster
papers (if accepted) will be published if and only the author of the accepted
paper wishes to do so.

The 2013 Program Committee for individual conferences are
currently being finalized. Many who have already joined the committees are
renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the
highest ranks; many are directors of research labs., fellows of various
societies, heads/ chairs of departments, program directors of research funding
agencies, as well as deans and provosts.

An important mission of The Congress is "Providing a
unique platform for a diverse community of constituents composed of scholars,
researchers, developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes
concerted effort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities
(such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies, and
research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress also attempts to
connect participants from institutions that have teaching as their main mission
with those who are affiliated with institutions that have research as their
main mission. The congress uses a quota system to achieve its institution and
geography diversity objectives."

One main goal of the congress is to assemble a spectrum
of affiliated research conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a
coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This
model facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of
computer science, computer engineering, and applied computing. The Congress
also encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research initiatives;
ie, facilitating increased opportunities for cross-fertilization across
sub-disciplines.

MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF CONGRESS:

As of March 14, 2013, papers published in the conference
proceedings that are currently being held as part of WORLDCOMP, have received
27,591 citations (includes 3,342 self-citations). Citation data obtained from
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ .

You are invited
to submit a full paper for consideration. All accepted papers will be published
in printed conference books/proceedings (ISBN) and will also be made available
online. The proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases that
track citation frequency/data for each paper. In addition, like prior years,
extended versions of selected papers (about 35%) will appear in journals and
edited research books (publishers include: Springer, Elsevier, BMC, and
others). FCS'13 is composed of a number of tracks, including: tutorials,
sessions, workshops, posters, and panel discussions. The conference will be
held July 22-25, 2013, Las Vegas, USA.

SCOPE: Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Prospective
authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading them to the evaluation
web site at: http://world-comp.org .

Submissions must
be uploaded by March 18, 2013 and must be in either MS doc or pdf formats
(about 7 pages including all figures, tables, and references - single space,
font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable
(later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular
typesetting format to prepare their final papers for publication.) Papers must
not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication
elsewhere.

The first page
of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal
address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify
the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would
best represent the content of the paper. The name of the conference (ie, FCS)
must also be stated on the first page of the paper as well as a 100 to 150-word
abstract. The length of the final/Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be
limited to 7 (two-column IEEE style) pages.

Each paper will
be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality, significance,
clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictory recommendations, a
member of the conference program committee would be charged to make the final
decision (accept/reject); often, this would involve seeking help from
additional referees.

Papers whose
authors include a member of the conference program committee will be evaluated
using the double-blinded review process.

(Essay/philosophical
papers will not be refereed but may be considered for discussion/panels).

The proceedings
will be published in printed conference books (ISBN) and will also be made
available online. The proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases
that track citation frequency/data for each published paper. Science citation
databases include: Inspec / IET / The Institute for Engineering &
Technology; The French National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST
databases, PASCAL (accessable from INIST, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID,
Questel.Orbit, Qwam, and STN International); and others. Though, there is no
guarantee that the proceedings will also be included in SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier
indexings; in the past, the proceedings were included in these databases.
Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings for indexing procedures to
SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier. The printed proceedings/books will be available for
distribution on site at the conference.

SUBMISSION OF
POSTER PAPERS:

Poster papers
can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow the same instructions that appear
above (see, SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS) except for the submission is limited
to 2 pages. On the first page, the author should state that "This paper is
being submitted as a poster". Poster papers (if accepted) will be
published if and only the author of the accepted paper wishes to do so.

PROPOSAL FOR
ORGANIZING WORKSHOPS/SESSIONS:

Each conference
is composed of a number of tracks. A track can be a session, a workshop, or a
symposium. A session will have at least 6 papers; a workshop at least 12
papers; and a symposium at least 18 papers. Track chairs will be responsible
for all aspects of their tracks, including:

soliciting
papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of track chairs will appear as
Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the printed
books (and indexed in science databases as such).

Proposals to
organize tracks (sessions, workshops, or symposiums) should include the following
information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, his/her biography, title
of track, a 100-word description of the topic of the track, the name of the
conference the track is submitted for consideration (ie, FCS), and a short
description on how the track will be advertised (in most cases, track proposers
solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the track
proposer).

E-mail your
track proposal to editor@world-comp.org . We would like to receive the track
proposals as soon as possible but by no later than January 31, 2013.

MEMBERS OF
PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

Currently being
finalized. The members of the Steering Committee of The

Grimaila,
Associate Professor, Air Force Institute of Technology, Systems Engineering,
Fellow of ISSA, CISM, CISSP, IAM/IEM, Editorial Board of ISSA Journal, Air
Force Center of Cyberspace Research, Advisor to the Prince of Wales Fellows
& Prince Edward Fellows at MIT and Harvard Universities and PC member of
NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE); Prof. Kun Chang
Lee, Professor of MIS and WCU Professor of Creativity Science, Business School
and Department of Interaction Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South
Korea; Prof., Dr., Dr.h. Victor Malyshkin, Head of Supercomputer Software
Department (SSD), Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical
Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Prof. George Markowsky,
Professor and Chair of Computer Science, Associate Director of School of
Computing and Information Science, Chair of International Advisory Board of
IEEE IDAACS and Director 2013 Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition,
Chair Bangor Foreign Policy Forum, Cooperating Professor of Mathematics &
Statistics Department UMaine, Cooperating Professor of School of Policy &
International Affairs UMaine, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA; Prof.
Andy Marsh, Director of HoIP, Director of HoIP Telecom, UK, Secretary-General
of WABT, Vice- president of ICET, Visiting Professor, University of
Westminster, UK; Prof. James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park, Professor of Computer Science
and Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
(SeoulTech), Korea, President of KITCS, Presidentof FTRA, Editor-in-Chiefs of
HCIS, JoC and IJITCC Journals; Ashu M. G. Solo (Publicity Chair), Fellow of
British Computer Society, Principal/Interdisciplinary R&D Engineer and
Mathematician, Maverick Technologies America; Prof. Sang C. Suh, Head and
Professor of Computer Science, Vice President, of Society for Design and
Process Science (SDPS), Director of Intelligent Cyberspace Engineering Lab
(ICEL), Texas A&M University, Com., Texas, USA; Prof. Layne T. Watson, IEEE
Fellow, NIA Fellow, ISIBM Fellow, Fellow of The National Institute of
Aerospace, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Virginia, USA
The 2013 Program Committee for FCS conference is currently being compiled. Many
who have already joined the committees are renowned leaders, scholars,
researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are
directors of research labs., fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of
departments, program directors of research funding agencies, as well as deans
and provosts.

Program
Committee members are expected to have established a strong and documented
research track record. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should
email editor@world-comp.org the following information for
consideration/evaluation: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing
address, email address, a one-page biography that includes research expertise
and the name of the conference (ie, FCS) offering to help with.

GENERAL
INFORMATION:

FCS is an
international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals,
students, and academicians who are looking to both foster working relationships
and gain access to the latest research results.

It is being held
jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other research conferences;
namely, The 2013 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and
Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP). The Congress is the largest annual gathering of
researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. We
anticipate to have 2,100 or more attendees from over 85 countries.

An important
mission of the Congress is "Providing a unique platform for a diverse
community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers, developers,
educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concerted effort to reach out
to participants affiliated with diverse entities (such as: universities,
institutions, corporations, government agencies, and research centers/labs)
from all over the world. The Congress also attempts to connect participants
from institutions that have teaching as their main mission with those who are
affiliated with institutions that have research as their main mission. The
Congress uses a quota system to achieve its institution and geography diversity
objectives."

One main goal of
the Congress is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences,
workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated research meeting held in a common
place at a common time. This model facilitates communication among researchers
in different fields of computer science, computer engineering, and applied
computing. The Congress also encourages multi-disciplinary and
inter-disciplinary research initiatives; ie, facilitating increased
opportunities for cross-fertilization across sub-disciplines.

MEASURABLE
SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF CONGRESS:

As of December
2012, papers published in the Congress proceedings have received over 27,000
citations (includes about 2,000 self-citations).